Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the global energy landscape faster than any technological shift in recent memory, but electricity has become the defining constraint. Chevron’s Project Kilby, a natural‑gas‑fired, behind‑the‑meter (BTM) power plant built specifically to supply a Microsoft‑operated data center under a 20‑year agreement, represents a strategic pivot for Chevron into a new business vertical: supplying hyperscale AI computing with dedicated energy infrastructure. In today’s RBN blog, we explain how this venture is a potential blueprint for how natural gas, land, water and industrial engineering could be combined to meet the demands of the AI era.
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AI has strained the grid, interconnection queues stretch for years, renewable generation remains intermittent, and transmission buildout lags far behind demand. Hyperscalers need power now, at unprecedented scale, with reliability approaching that of mission‑critical industrial systems. In this environment, the companies that can deliver dedicated, dispatchable, high‑density electricity directly to compute infrastructure will define the next decade of digital growth. Oil supermajor Chevron is forging the path to a solution by partnering with Microsoft to construct and deliver reliable, dedicated power for next-generation AI infrastructure in West Texas.
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About the song
“Electric Avenue” was written by Eddy Grant and appears as the first song on his sixth studio album, Killer on the Rampage. Released as a single in early 1983 and buoyed by heavy video rotation on MTV, the song went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. Grant wrote the song in response to the 1981 Brixton riots in South London. In 1997 the Refugee Camp All-Stars released a cover of the song that went to #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart.
Killer on the Rampage was recorded at Blue Wave Studios in Barbados and produced by Eddy Grant. It was released in late 1982 and went to #10 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart. It remains Grant’s best-selling album to date. Three singles were released from the LP.
Eddy Grant is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. In 1965, Grant was a founding member of The Equals, the first interracial rock band in the U.K. They released 11 studio albums and 26 singles. “Baby Come Back” was their biggest single, going to #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart in 1968. The Clash covered Grant’s “Police on My Back” from The Equals’ Baby Come Back LP, and included it on their 1980 album, Sandinista! Grant has released 15 solo studio albums, one live album, 13 compilation albums, and 19 singles. He continues to record.
"About the Song" -- written by Mickey McMahan , RBN Director of Musicology
